Woman narrowly dodges car that crashes into Lorain home

By
Stephanie Metzger, The News-Herald

Thursday, June 5, 2014

LORAIN — A car crashed into the side of a home after a man performing maintenance work on the vehicle lost control.
Police and fire departments responded to the call at 2314 Reeves Ave. about 5 p.m. June 5.
Officer Kyle Gelenius, an accident reconstructionist of the Lorain Police Department, said a man identified as Severiano Robles was working on the car outside before he attempted to pull it into an empty parking space.
Robles was standing outside the car when he lost control of it, Gelenius said.
“He gave the car some gas,” Gelenius said. “Apparently he lost control of the car at that point. It went up on the curb and into the house.”
One woman sitting outside the home on the porch was almost struck by the vehicle.
“When the vehicle lost control, she took a dive into the pavement to avoid being struck by that car,” Gelenius said.
The woman was not hit by the car and remained on scene after she was checked by paramedics.
Robles was not charged at the time of the incident, which remains under investigation, Gelenius said.